The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Merrill Markoe, the Emmy-winning original head writer for Late Night with David Letterman, has begun auctioning off some items from her closet. The first item up for bids: An original 1982 Late Night letter jacket. Bidding started at $500 and is at $2,600 with one day before the auction closes …
It was a big weekend for women in comedy at the 2020 Writer Guild Association’s awards festivities, held as usual in both New York City and Los Angeles. Because writers can’t afford to all travel to one place? Or more likely because the WGA itself has separate East and West …
The WGA Awards in February will reward Merrill Markoe and Paula Pell with individual honors for their successful careers in comedy writing. Pell will receive the WGA East’s Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence, presented to writers who embody “the spirit, commitment and comic genius of Mr. Sargent, as well …
In 2012, after her acclaimed documentary had wowed film festivals and she surged back into our consciousness even more with a “win” on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, Joan Rivers put together a new one-hour special for Showtime, Joan Rivers: Don’t Start With Me (it’s airing again tonight, as well as On …
